Bunny v. Coughlin
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
2Per curiam
Petitioner, a follower of the Rastafari religion, is presently serving a criminal sentence at Great Meadow Correctional Facility in Washington County. Rastafarian observance requires male members of the sect to leave their hair uncombed and uncut, resulting in the formation of rope-like hairstrands (dreadlocks), which must be covered in public by knit headgear (hereinafter crowns). Rastafarians also adhere to certain dietary restrictions which, in their strictest form, forbid the eating of any meat or canned foods and mandate the use of special cooking utensils.
In 1988, a…
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